Bonasso Franklin Quotes & Sayings

When kids can't afford to see it anymore maybe we'll have a whole resurgence of garage bands all over America and this New Wave thing will start to mean something on a grass roots level. — Lester Bangs

Life is what we make it. — Chelsea Fine

PREFACE TO THE PAPERBACK EDITION How much work did you do today that you will be proud of tomorrow? I don't mean just how you handled the big things, but also how you addressed the little, seemingly insignificant ones. Did you make progress on what matters most to you, or did you allow the buzz, busyness, and expectations of others to squelch your passion and focus? I've been asking these questions of others and myself each day for more than a decade, and they are the main reason I originally felt compelled to write Die Empty. Through my work I've encountered many teams of brilliant, sharp, amazing, talented people who have at some point "settled in" or begun coasting on past success. Unfortunately, — Todd Henry

After a debauch of thunder-shower, the weather takes the pledge and signs it with a rainbow. — Thomas Bailey Aldrich

We're seeing a decline in religion in North America but, I hope, a rise in individual spirituality. Whatever that means to people. — Lori Lansens

A lot of us would like to move mountains, but few of us are willing to practice on small hills. — Ed Macauley

I've found from years of trial that the only way I can work is to make sketches in pencil from Nature, purely as reference material for future use in the studio. — E. J. Hughes

You freaking bit me," I said, my voice hoarse. "You're lucky I don't call animal control. — Jayde Scott

The staircase was deserted - the higher up the building the more reluctant were the residents to use the stairs, as if this in some way demeaned them. — J.G. Ballard

You have to dare to live through the pain and struggle. Acknowledge your anguish but do not let it pull you out of yourself. Hold on to your chosen direction, your discipline, your prayer, your work, your guides, and trust that one day love will have conquered enough of you that even the most fearful part will allow love to cast out all fear. — Henri Nouwen

Alex fainted-"
"I didn't faint," I grumbled, feeling my cheeks flush.
Aiden's lip curved up on one side. "Okay. She was suddenly not walking or talking anymore ... — Jennifer L. Armentrout